Difference between Waddle and Paddle

What is the difference between Waddle and Paddle?

Waddle as a noun is a swaying gait. while Paddle as a noun is a two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.

Waddle

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A swaying gait.

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To walk with short steps, tilting the body from side to side.

Paddle

Part of speech: verb

Definition: To propel something through water with a paddle, oar or hands.To row a boat with less than one's full capacity.To spank with a paddle.To walk or dabble playfully in shallow water, especially at the seaside.To toddleTo toy or caress using hands or fingers

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A two-handed, single-bladed oar used to propel a canoe or a small boat.A double-bladed oar used for kayaking.Time spent on paddling.A slat of a paddleboat's wheel.A paddlewheel.A blade of a waterwheel.A meandering walk or dabble through shallow water, especially at the seaside.A kitchen utensil shaped like a paddle and used for mixing, beating etc.A bat-shaped spanking implementA ping-pong bat.A flat limb of an aquatic animal, adapted for swimming.In a sluice, a panel that controls the flow of water.A group of inerts

Example sentence: I surf, swim, play water polo, and I paddle an outrigger canoe with my team. I'm also a klutz on land, so water is my thing.

We hope you now know whether to use Waddle or Paddle in your sentence.

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